Things that go bang

[mlooney 3,417]

31 minutes ago, Darth Fluffy said:

The home brew weapon used in the assassination was accurate enough to not hit people standing near Abe. The crazy miscreant has some mad fabrication skills.

The spread of shot on shot guns, even home made ones, isn't as wide as people seem to thing it is.  They had normal length barrels so it's likely that the shot pattern was only 6-9 inches wide at the point it hit Abe.   

[Darth Fluffy 302]

59 minutes ago, mlooney said:

The spread of shot on shot guns, even home made ones, isn't as wide as people seem to thing it is.  They had normal length barrels so it's likely that the shot pattern was only 6-9 inches wide at the point it hit Abe.   

The gun in the picture you posted in the Political Discussion thread did not look like it would have normal length barrels, albeit not terribly short. The nine barrel one looks short as well. Keeping multiple barrels aligned is a trick as well, so still impressive. How close was the shooter?

[mlooney 3,417]

38 minutes ago, Darth Fluffy said:

The gun in the picture you posted in the Political Discussion thread did not look like it would have normal length barrels, albeit not terribly short. The nine barrel one looks short as well. Keeping multiple barrels aligned is a trick as well, so still impressive. How close was the shooter?

About 9 meters, or at least that's what I've read.

[Darth Fluffy 302]

37 minutes ago, mlooney said:

About 9 meters, or at least that's what I've read.

About thirty feet, that's pretty close up; I can believe minimal spread.

[ijuin 572]

8 hours ago, Darth Fluffy said:

He had all the right features to stand out from the herd. He's got leadership out the wazoo (which is admittedly not where you want it, but still)

Why not? Leadership by buttholes is an ancient tradition. It’s even got a name: Proctocracy.

4 hours ago, Darth Fluffy said:

Not only that, but it gets horrible gas mileage, and this one does not appear to be accurately marked. And it's on a street, but it's not street legal. Plus it's blocking the road. The driver really needs to be cited for that.

It lacks visible number plates, tail lights, and turn signals, so it’s definitely not street legal. On the other hand, if you are driving one of these into combat, then civil traffic regulations are the least of your concerns.

[mlooney 3,417]

2 hours ago, ijuin said:

Why not? Leadership by buttholes is an ancient tradition. It’s even got a name: Proctocracy.

It lacks visible number plates, tail lights, and turn signals, so it’s definitely not street legal. On the other hand, if you are driving one of these into combat, then civil traffic regulations are the least of your concerns.

I was amused to see a British tank with an "L" learners tag on it.  Of course most modern British tanks can be made road legal, if they have rubber pads on their tracks (vs steel pads).  I know that The Tank Museum has some "privately owned" tanks drive around during Tank-Fest. 

[mlooney 3,417]

This is the least impressive sword I've seen in a long time.

[Darth Fluffy 302]

Wolverines!

[mlooney 3,417]

[Darth Fluffy 302]

Remember that after you pull the pin, Mr. Grenade is no longer your friend.

[mlooney 3,417]

Well, he's sorta your friend until you let go of the spoon.  Then he's really not your friend any more.

[mlooney 3,417]

Wrong on so many levels.

[ijuin 572]

Crocs . . . boots? I can understand that someone might want boots with a ventilated toe box, but that heel strap is totally superfluous except for brand image purposes.

[mlooney 3,417]

I strongly suspect that some photoshop trickery is in use here.

[Pharaoh RutinTutin 1,586]

It bears some resemblance to the boots worn by Roman Legionaires.  Just without style.

[mlooney 3,417]

Oh, it's got style.  An ugly style is still a style.

[mlooney 3,417]

If head butting a helmet dents it, it might not be all that good of a combat helmet, just saying

https://vxtwitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1563628411255496704

[Darth Fluffy 302]

2 hours ago, mlooney said:

If head butting a helmet dents it, it might not be all that good of a combat helmet, just saying

https://vxtwitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1563628411255496704

I'm not sure which is more illuminating, the crappiness of the helmet, or the Ukrainian recreational activity that demonstrated it. You really want to be fighting a war against these people, Vladimir?

[mlooney 3,417]

What?  Headbutting protective gear isn't normal?  Back in the day, select members of my fire control platoon would headbutt wall lockers, bathroom stalls and some radar equipment when it was malfunctioning. 

[ijuin 572]

4 hours ago, mlooney said:

If head butting a helmet dents it, it might not be all that good of a combat helmet, just saying

https://vxtwitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1563628411255496704

Yah, army helmets are supposed to be able to block anything less than a Parabellum round. The best ones can take a NATO 7.62x51mm rifle round.

[mlooney 3,417]

While they would only stop shell fragments and maybe some pistol rounds, the M1 "Steel Pot" of my day would for sure stand up to a head butt.  Even the fiberglass helmet liners would survive that. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1_helmet

 

[ijuin 572]

Yah, the Parabellum round would be the archetypal modern military pistol round.

[mlooney 3,417]

"Gentlemen I suggest we start getting out of here in the maximum speed mode"

 

https://twitter.com/JayinKyiv/status/1563748788623360002

[Darth Fluffy 302]

22 hours ago, mlooney said:

What?  Headbutting protective gear isn't normal?  Back in the day, select members of my fire control platoon would headbutt wall lockers, bathroom stalls and some radar equipment when it was malfunctioning. 

Headbutting is fine for folks that are not using it for anything else.

[mlooney 3,417]

It's easier to get complete and more or less accurate data about Russian, North Korean and Chinese military vehicles than it is to get data on Japanese vehicles.     They seem too have classified a lot of things that other countries don't.  Meh.  Not that important, it's not like modern Japan is going to get into a war any time soon.